Investors using the TD e-Series mutual funds may have noticed an unusual episode at year-end. The TD International ...

On Monday I wrote about managed futures, a strategy that can add a layer of diversification to a ...

Responding to a recent article on mutual funds by Rob Carrick, a Globe and Mail reader rehashed a ...

ETFs are on the hot seat these days. On Wednesday, a US Senate subcommittee held a hearing to ...

Many international equity ETFs showed large tracking errors in 2009. For example, the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ...

In the brief time they’ve been around, asset allocation ETFs have transformed the way DIY index investors manage ...

This week I was dismissive about the Dynamic Funds that swept this year’s Canadian Investment Awards. I argued ...

I recently had a chance to interview Ken Kivenko, who runs Canadian Fund Watch and is allied with ...

This post is the first in a series exploring common myths and misunderstandings about dividend investing. The goal ...

There are countless books laying out the case for index investing, but as far as I know there ...

There comes a time in every Couch Potato’s life when he or she has to answer a nagging ...

Rob Carrick is one of a small number of journalists who stand up for individual investors in this ...

When I wrote the MoneySense Guide to the Perfect Portfolio [now out of print], I waited until Chapter ...

Q: My wife and I have been using the Couch Potato strategy for a few years now, but ...

Last week’s post about Monte Carlo simulations in financial planning sparked some interesting comments, so I thought a ...

John Lawrence Reynolds' newest book, The Skeptical Investor, argues that Canadians were badly served by their advisors during ...

Should financial advisors be banned from collecting commissions on mutual funds? That’s been hotly debated for years, and ...

If your investments include RRSPs, TFSAs and taxable accounts, asset location is an important consideration. The returns of ...

In the last couple of weeks I’ve received two questions from readers who were trying to figure out ...

I used to own one of those one-piece cutlery tools designed for hiking and camping—the kind with a ...

Last January, I overhauled my model portfolios to make them simpler. Some of the older options included small-cap ...

I’ve always tried to stress that successful investing is about the right process, not the right products. But ...

If you’re a parent, how can you set your child on the road to investing success? One popular ...

The latest episode of the Canadian Couch Potato podcast features an interview with Dr. Stephen Wendel, Head of ...

For DIY investors, asset allocation ETFs may be the greatest gift to come along in decades. It’s never ...

It’s been a while since the last new article appeared on the Canadian Couch Potato blog, and over ...

It’s easy enough to build an index fund portfolio with your desired mix of stocks and bonds. But ...

The TD e-Series index mutual funds remain a useful alternative to the asset allocation ETFs that take centre ...

In Episode 4 of the Canadian Couch Potato podcast, I answered the following question from a listener named ...

In my last few posts, I introduced the newly launched Vanguard Retirement Income ETF Portfolio (VRIF), explained where ...